The job market for fresh college graduates is improving—as is the method for measuring the success of graduates.

Just more than half of the nearly 67,000 members of the class of 2014 who responded to a survey had landed full-time jobs within six months of donning their caps and gowns. The figure isn’t exactly comparable to last year’s overall result, which didn’t break out part- and full-time employment. However, individual schools say the numbers reflect an uptick.